Maximilian Mayer is a Partner at Activant Capital who leads their Berlin office and European expansion, bringing a research-driven approach to investing in automation, industrial software, and supply chain technologies based on his background as a former food tech founder and experience in large-scale portfolio management at Commerzbank. He comes from an entrepreneurial family—his grandfather built factories in India for a global machine-needle company in the 1960s and his father founded four dental practices—and co-founded Redi Pay & Collect, a mobile-first marketplace for quick-service restaurants that became the largest pay & collect app in food and beverage with 450 vendor partners before being acquired.